Not dear neighbours: Antennation and jerking, but not aggression, correlate with genetic relatedness and spatial distance in the ant Lasius niger

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-549393
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.54939

Czaczkes, Tomer J.

; Koch, Alexandra

; Schmid, Sophie ; Trindl, Andreas ; Heinze, Jürgen

; Cordonnier, Marion

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Abstract

1. Neighbour–stranger response differences (NSRDs) are when individuals are either more aggressive (“Nasty Neighbour”) or less aggressive (“Dear Enemy” or “Dear Neighbour”) to direct neighbours than to other competitors perceived as “strangers” by the residents. Such effects are often reported in ants which, being fixed-location central-place foragers, may compete directly with their neighbours ...